Hand Painted Wine Glasses: How to Make Your Own

Learn how to create your own hand painted wine glasses using this step-by-step wine glass design DIY tutorial with free printable templates to make the words chill and relax.

Wine Glass Painting Classes

Earlier this year, I turned the big 4-0. To celebrate this momentous occasion, my good friends and fellow organizers of Women’s Service Day threw me a surprise party. They reserved a small private wine room at a local restaurant, brought in chocolate cake, made me a scrapbook of photos from our 14 years of organizing Women’s Service Day and found so many ways to make me feel special.

She also teaches art classes and workshops for kids and adults, including parties like a girls’ night out, bridal shower or other special events. Carolyn is well known in our community so I was incredibly delighted my friends brought her in to lead us in a craft night for my birthday.

Crafting, wine, chocolate, and great friends — can a 40th birthday really get any better than that?

Wine Glass Painting Technique from Carolyn Stitch

Creating hand painted wine glasses is so much fun and surprisingly easy to do. Since the birthday party I painted a few more on my own which I put in a basket for a fundraiser my sister-in-law was organizing for a friend with breast cancer. Carolyn Stich kindly said I could share the technique we used at the party here on Kenarry using the hand painted wine glasses I made for the fundraiser as an example.

As with any craft, the hardest part is figuring out what your design should be and what kind of paint to use on glass. I found the cutest polka dot napkins to use as my design inspiration for these wine glass designs. I wanted the hand painted wine glasses to be fun and whimsical to make them a little more light-hearted for the friend’s breast cancer fundraising event.

How to Make Hand Painted Wine Glasses

Want to know how to paint wine glasses? This tutorial will walk you through every step.

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Instructions

1. Create and print the design for your wine glasses. If you want your wine glasses to say “relax” and “chill” like you see in the photos, you can download the Free Printable Template (119 KB PDF) and save to your computer for your own personal use only. You can also use a program like PicMonkey to create your own words and designs for your wine glass designs. (PicMonkey is a free online tool I LOVE for creating and editing graphics. You can upgrade to the “royale” version to get additional premium fonts, embellishments and other goodies.)

2. Affix the design to the wine glasses. Use painter’s tape to attach your design to the inside of the wine glass.

3. Trace your design with paint. Using a small paint brush, carefully trace over your design on the outside of the glass. The design is taped to the inside so you’re not directly painting on it. You’ll see in the photo I’m using a teal or turquoise colored paint, but only listed red, yellow and blue gloss enamel craft paints for this project. With these three primary colors, you can create any color you want. Use white or black to lighten or darken your colors as desired. Gloss enamel craft paint is the best paint to use on glass.

4. Paint other embellishments. Use additional paint to add polka dots, stripes, swirls and other designs to your hand painted wine glasses. Be careful not to get the paint too close to the rim of the glass. You don’t want your mouth to come into contact with the paint when you’re enjoying wine in these glasses later.

You can also paint the stem of the wine glass if you want. Allow one color to dry before painting another color next to it so your paints don’t smear together.

5. Allow your hand painted wine glasses to dry. You may need to use a few coats of paint to get the desired coverage you want on the wine glasses. Be sure to allow enough time for your hand painted wine glasses to dry between coats. At the birthday party craft night, Carolyn taught us you can also use a blow dryer to speed up the drying process.

6. Cure the paint on the hand painted wine glasses. The final step in the process is to cure or harden the paint on the hand painted wine glasses. There are two methods for doing this:

Method 2: Bake in the Oven. Put the hand painted wine glasses on a cookie sheet and place on a low rack in the oven. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the hand painted wine glasses for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow them to cool naturally with the oven before removing them. IMPORTANT: YOU MUST PUT THE HAND PAINTED WINE GLASSES IN THE OVEN BEFORE YOU TURN IT ON TO PREVENT THE GLASSES FROM BREAKING.

Once the paint has cured on your wine glass designs, they are top-rack dishwasher safe.

You can now relax, chill and enjoy your new hand painted wine glasses!

DIY Gift Idea

You can also put them in a basket as a gift for a friend or raffle off at a fundraiser like I did. Suggestions for a gift basket include colorful napkins, a scented candle, a small notebook, and a fun pen. You can also add gourmet chocolates, a bottle of wine, and other delicious goodies!

This Inspired Idea for Hand Painted Wine Glasses came from Carolyn Stich Studio and was shared with her permission. Please visit her website to find more great gift ideas.

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Great question, Heather! If you’re referring to glitter wine glasses where you use decoupage or glue to affix small glitter crystals around the stem of a wine glass, I would NOT recommend baking those in the oven to cure it. Instead, I’d suggest using *DecoArt Americana Crystal Gloss Enamel Glitter Paint. Though I haven’t used it personally, it says you can “bake in oven for dishwasher-safe finish”. Good luck and let me know how your wine glasses turn out! I’d love to see pictures.

Best wishes, Carrie

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Great question, Michelle! I put the glassware in a cold oven, start the oven and set it to 350 degrees. Once the oven reaches 350, then I start the 30 minute timer. When the 30 minutes is over, I turn the oven off and just leave the glassware inside for a few hours while the oven naturally cools back down. I usually put the glassware on a baking sheet to keep it stable on the oven racks and just in case the glass were to crack or break. But I’ve cured gloss enamel paint on glassware using this method numerous times and have never had that problem!

Hi Angela, You’ll need to check the side of your acrylic paint to see if it’s appropriate for use on glassware. I’ve always used gloss enamel craft paint for hand painting wine glasses, but I believe there are some multi-surface acrylic craft paints that would work as well. The side of the paint bottle will tell you whether it’s designed/formulated for use on glass. If it does not specifically mention “for use on glass” on the side of the paint bottle, I would NOT use it. Regular acrylic craft paint is likely to scratch or flake off over time and would not wash well with repeated use.

I have been painting wine glasses for awhile now and have a few Enamel acrylic paints, however I mainly use craftsmart acrylic paints and apple barrel acrylic paints.

The craftsmart acrylic paint I probably use most. It says permanent, water based paint perfect for ceramics, and adheres to most surfaces such as ceramic bisque.

The apple barrel acrylic paint is multi surface for glass and ceramics, also water based. In door and out doors glass surfaces painted with it are top rack dishwasher safe (although I wouldn’t risk it).

I always bake them for 30 minutes and depending on the design/ colors I will sometimes seal with a mod podge acrylic sealer.

Are the glasses still okay to wash? Especially those I do not seal. I always recommend hand washing very gently

Great question, Gina! I tend to hand wash wine glasses that I paint as well. I do believe I’ve run ones that I’ve painted with gloss enamels through the dishwasher after the paint has cured and those have turned out just fine. I’m not sure about acrylic paint, but if the paint bottle says “top rack dishwasher safe” I’d probably try it! Just make sure the paint has fully cured first though!

Great question, Cheryl! It’s difficult to estimate exactly how much paint you’ll need. I will say that a little goes a long way – and it all depends on what colors/designs each person is making on their glassware. If you buy red, blue, yellow, white and black gloss enamel paints, they can be mixed to create any color your friends want. In which case, I’d buy a few of each, but just open them as you use them so you can return any unopened paints after your craft party. You may also want to have gold, silver or bronze metallic gloss enamels to add some fun dimension to the glassware if people choose.

You can use plastic plates or egg cartons as your paint palettes for mixing. I’d also recommend having a few old blow dryers on hand. Those can be used to help dry the paint between layers during your party.

Thanks. I found little packs that have 8 colors and come in 1 ounce of each. So i can buy a few just before the event and return what i dont use. Joann’s has sets for $3. so about 38 cents per ounce. Not bad

Walmart has Folk Art 2oz bottles of Multi-surface paints. They say on them that they are dishwasher safe and work on glass. I think i will go that route. I might also give each person 2 glasses, so they can make a set. I have a few people who dont drink, so i like also get glass cups/mugs and candle holders. I will give everyone options.

Hi Cheryl, I LOVE these ideas for your party. The variety will be perfect. I find Walmart usually has the best selection of inexpensive glassware too. In addition to the wine glasses, I’ve painted platters, appetizer plates and even coffee mugs. Have so much fun with your friends!

Great question, Cheryl! You can hand paint just about any size or type of wine glass that you’d like. For this particular post, I just used standard white wine glasses, like you’d find at Walmart, Target or Amazon. I usually look for ones that are dishwasher safe, inexpensive and not fancy.

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